Out-of-bounds Read Affecting firefox package, versions <52.0-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.16% (53rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FIREFOX-425046
- published 11 Jun 2018
- disclosed 11 Jun 2018
Introduced: 11 Jun 2018
CVE-2017-5418 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable firefox to version 52.0-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
An out of bounds read error occurs when parsing some HTTP digest authorization responses, resulting in information leakage through the reading of random memory containing matches to specifically set patterns. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5418
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1338876
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96692
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-5418